[Mesa-users] Install MESA in external memory

Mon Mar 14 20:21:12 UTC 2022

I get

touch: cannot touch
'/media/gabriela/4876ff2d-e242-4b48-90f9-75794f8830d0/test.txt': Permission
denied

RICHARD H D TOWNSEND <townsend at astro.wisc.edu> escreveu no dia segunda,
14/03/2022 à(s) 20:03:

> Yes, run it in the terminal.
>
> On Mar 14, 2022, at 2:52 PM, gabrielas.lapa341 at gmail.com wrote:
>
> Oh, I'm sorry, I will do that in the future. Do you mean if I run it in
> the terminal? (sorry, I'm new in Linux)
>
> A segunda, 14/03/2022, 19:46, RICHARD H D TOWNSEND <
> townsend at astro.wisc.edu> escreveu:
>
>> Thanks — in the future, if you can, please cut and paste output rather
>> than taking screenshots.
>>
>> What happens when you run this command from the command prompt:
>>
>> touch /media/gabriela/4876ff2d-e242-4b48-90f9-75794f8830d0/test.txt
>>
>>
>> On Mar 14, 2022, at 2:43 PM, gabrielas.lapa341 at gmail.com wrote:
>>
>> This is what I get
>>
>> <image.png>
>>
>> RICHARD H D TOWNSEND <townsend at astro.wisc.edu> escreveu no dia segunda,
>> 14/03/2022 à(s) 19:37:
>>
>>> It could be that the flash drive is being mounted read-only. Can you
>>> post the output of the command ‘findmnt -a’, so we can see what’s happening?
>>>
>>> On Mar 14, 2022, at 2:34 PM, gabrielas.lapa341 at gmail.com wrote:
>>>
>>> I think I can't do it. I can't even create a folder inside. Probably I
>>> won't be able to install MESA on my personal computer.
>>>
>>> RICHARD H D TOWNSEND <townsend at astro.wisc.edu> escreveu no dia segunda,
>>> 14/03/2022 à(s) 19:06:
>>>
>>>> You first need to figure out where your flash drive is mounted —I
>>>> believe on Linux Mint the default mount point
>>>> is /media/<username>/<devicelabel>
>>>>
>>>> Then, just use the standard ‘cp’ command to copy the MESA and SDK
>>>> folders to that directory. Or, you can unpack the zip/tar files in that
>>>> directory.
>>>>
>>>> On Mar 14, 2022, at 1:17 PM, gabrielas.lapa341 at gmail.com wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Thank you all so much! I formatted my flash drive to ext4. But now, how
>>>> do I save the SDK and MESA folders there?
>>>>
>>>> Sincerely,
>>>> Gabriela Lapa
>>>>
>>>> Rob Farmer <robert.j.farmer37 at gmail.com> escreveu no dia segunda,
>>>> 14/03/2022 à(s) 16:52:
>>>>
>>>>> There's a few soft links in mesa/ (cough gyre cough), though mostly in
>>>>> the docs (and gyre).
>>>>>
>>>>> The only important one is the ./star/make/pgstar.f90 ->
>>>>> ../private/pgstar_full.f90 link which would need a tweaked makefile to copy
>>>>> instead of link
>>>>>
>>>>> For those with an installed mesa you can use
>>>>>
>>>>> cd $MESA_DIR
>>>>> find . -type l -ls
>>>>>
>>>>> To find the softlinks
>>>>>
>>>>> Rob
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, 14 Mar 2022 at 17:44, RICHARD H D TOWNSEND <
>>>>> townsend at astro.wisc.edu> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> That may work, *if* MESA does not rely on symbolic links (Rob, can
>>>>>> you advise)?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You should be able to put both MESA and the SDK on the flash drive,
>>>>>> if you format the flash drive using a suitable filesystem (e.g., ext4).
>>>>>> Directions on how to do this are here:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://tecadmin.net/format-usb-in-linux/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> (make sure you use mkfs.ext4!)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> cheers,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Rich
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mar 14, 2022, at 11:41 AM, gabrielas.lapa341 at gmail.com wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello again.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am using Linux mint. But can't the sdk be in my home directory and
>>>>>> the main MESA folder be in the flash drive?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>>> Gabriela
>>>>>>
>>>>>> RICHARD H D TOWNSEND <townsend at astro.wisc.edu> escreveu no dia
>>>>>> segunda, 14/03/2022 à(s) 15:34:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Dear Gabriela —
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It sounds like your flash drive is formatted with a file system that
>>>>>>> does not support symbolic links. It’s possible to re-format the drive to
>>>>>>> fix this issue. But first, can I ask what operating system you are using?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> cheers,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Rich
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Mar 14, 2022, at 9:16 AM, mesa-users at lists.mesastar.org wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I followed the steps in the website. So I downloaded the
>>>>>>> file mesasdk-x86_64-linux-21.4.1.tar.gz and saved it in the flash drive.
>>>>>>> Then, in the terminal, I used the command tar xvfz
>>>>>>> mesasdk-x86_64-linux-21.4.1.tar.gz and it gives back errors like
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> tar: mesasdk/lib64/libquadmath.so.0: Cannot create symlink to
>>>>>>> ‘libquadmath.so.0.0.0’: Operation not permitted
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The errors are not always the same, but they are similar.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thank you.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>>>> Gabriela
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Rob Farmer <robert.j.farmer37 at gmail.com> escreveu no dia segunda,
>>>>>>> 14/03/2022 à(s) 13:46:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Yes MESA can be installed on an external hard drive. If you tell us
>>>>>>>> what you did and why you think the SDK isn't working then maybe we can help.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Rob
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Mon, 14 Mar 2022 at 13:45, Gabriela Lapa via Mesa-users <
>>>>>>>> mesa-users at lists.mesastar.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hello everyone!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I want to install MESA on my personal PC, but I am lacking the
>>>>>>>>> space. Can I install MESA in a flash drive or other external memory source?
>>>>>>>>> I tried this and the sdk doesn't work in the flash drive, but should MESA
>>>>>>>>> work if I put the correct path?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thank you so much.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>>>>>> Gabriela Lapa
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
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